Baker&#39;s peel.



A. POTOLSKY.

BAKERS PEEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20,1914.

Patented Dec. 22, 1914,

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ANTON ro'roLsKY, or s'r. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

" BAKER/S PEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

Application filed May 20, 1914. Serial No. 839,760.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AN'roN .POTOLSKY, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bakers Peels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in bakers peels; and it consists in the novel construction of peel more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of my improved peel, parts being broken away; Fig. 2 is a side edge view thereof; Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional detail on the line 17- 1 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional detail on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

The object of my invention is to construct a bakers peel which will not warp or 'spli from the heat to which it is usually subjected; one which is durable; one provided with a removable handle which may be readily detached from a worn out peel and attached to a fresh peel; and one possessing further and other advantages better appar ent from a detailed description of the invention which is as follows:

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the body portion of the peel, the same being composed of a number of sections, in the present example there being three of such sections, a b c, glued together at their meeting edges, and additionally reinforced by transverse dowel pins 2, 2, traversing the middle section b, and partly entering the adjacent bounding sections a, c. The rear ends of the sections a, 0, are provided with grooves h which receive the corresponding tongues t of the corner stiffener pieces or sections 3, 3, the inner adjacent ends of said corner pieces terminating in tongues t which enter corresponding grooves or sockets in the sides of the fork members 6, b, said members 6, 22, forming extensions of the section b, and being integral therewith.

Formed in the section 72, between the bases of the fork members or arms I), b, is a. groove or socket h which is preferably in alinement with the grooves h of the sections a, 0, said groove h receivingthe terminal tongue 25 of a handle' l removably inserted between the fork members 6, b, said handle when once fully inserted being locked to the members I), b, by means of bolts 5 penetrating the members I), 4, b, as shown. The corner pieces 3, 3, areadditionally secured to their respective sections a, 0, by means of screws 6 at the bottom of the sockets 7 provided for their reception in the members 3, said sockets being bored in the rear edges of said corner pieces toward the tongues 25 through which the screws necessarily pass. members are concaved, the sides of the handle 1 being correspondingly convexed to engage said faces (Fig. 5). Such a connection appears to resist to the best advantage any torsional strain to which the handle and peel body may be subjected.

In assembling the several component parts of the peel, the dowels 2 are first inserted through the central section b, the protruding ends of the dowels being received by suitable sockets of the sections a, c. The meeting edges of the sections are previously dipped in glue so they will adhere when once assembled. The corner pieces 3, 3, with their tongues t, t, previously dipped in glue are then inserted into the corresponding grooves formed in the rear ends of the sections a, a, and in the bases of the sides of the fork members I), b, after which the screws 6 are dropped into the sockets 7 and driven home. The handle 4 is now inserted between the forks Z), 1;, until the tongue 27 thereof enters the socket h, in which position the several holes in the parts I), 1, b which receive the bolts 5 are in register. The bolts 5 are then finally inserted, the nuts a thereof being driven home, and the peel is ready for use.

I do not of course wish to be restricted to any specific number of sections (a Z) c) of which the peel body is composed, and while three such sections are shown I may vary the number at pleasure, depending on the quality of wood employed. To preventwarping, the grain of the corner pieces 3 must be transverse to the direction of the grain in the members a b c as fully indicated on the drawings.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A'bakers peel comprising a body member composed of a central section, and bounding sections on either side thereof secured thereto, the centralsection being pro- The inner faces of the fork vided With integral rear fork extensions projecting beyond the bounding sections, rear corner pieces tongue and grooved to the bounding sections and to the fork-extensions, and a handle inserted between the fork members. I

2'. A bakers peel comprising a body member composed of a central section, and

bounding sectionson either side thereof se-- bounding "sections on either side thereof doWeled thereto, the central section being provided with integral rear fork extensions pro ect ng beyond the bounding sections, rear corner pieces secured by atongue and groove connection to the rear ends of the bounding sections and to the bases of the sides of the fork members, a handle inserted between the fork members and tongued and grooved to the central section between the fork members aforesaid, and bolts for detachably, securing the handle to the fork members. I

In testimonywhereof I afliX my signature,

in presenceof two Witnesses.

' ,ANTON POTOLSKY.

Witnesses:

EMIL STAREK, Jos. A. MICHEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C. 

